St. Louis Southwestern Railway
GPTKB entity
Statements (47)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
railway station
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gptkbp:acquisition |
gptkb:Southern_Pacific_Railroad
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gptkbp:built |
1998
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gptkbp:collaboratedWith |
gptkb:Missouri_Pacific_Railroad
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gptkbp:divisions |
gptkb:Cotton_Belt_Division
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gptkbp:founded |
1889
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gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:Tyler,_Texas
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gptkbp:historical_significance |
Cotton_industry_transportation
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gptkbp:historicalEvent |
Acquisition_by_Southern_Pacific_in_1988
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
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gptkbp:is_a_route_for |
Little_Rock_to_Dallas
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gptkbp:keyPeople |
gptkb:William_J._McCulloch
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gptkbp:logistics |
Coal
Manufactured goods Lumber Agricultural_products |
gptkbp:operates |
freight services
passenger services |
gptkbp:operational_area |
gptkb:Southern_United_States
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gptkbp:operational_status |
Defunct
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gptkbp:parent_company |
gptkb:Union_Pacific_Corporation
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gptkbp:passenger_traffic |
Limited service in the 20th century
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gptkbp:previousName |
gptkb:Cotton_Belt_Route
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gptkbp:railwayLine |
SSW
Expanded in the early 1900s Influence on regional economy Collectible items related to the railway Preserved locomotives and rolling stock Historical societies preserve its history Books and articles about its history Annual reunions and celebrations Interconnected with other major railroads Significant in regional rail development Post_World_War_II_decline Part_of_the_Southern_Pacific_system Cotton_Belt_logo Missouri_Pacific_merger_in_1982 Significant_in_the_development_of_the_American_South |
gptkbp:route |
Cotton_Belt_Route_map
Texas_to_Missouri |
gptkbp:servicesProvided |
1990s
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gptkbp:serviceType |
Freight and passenger
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gptkbp:subsidiary |
gptkb:Cotton_Belt_Railroad
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gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad
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gptkbp:track |
Standard gauge
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gptkbp:training |
approximately 1,200 miles
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gptkbp:trainTypes |
Class I railroad
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